Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Differences

Editor: Edward Olson

This page indicates all the differences between the British and United States versions of *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone*.
pp.	U.K. Edition	U.S. Edition	pp.
8	car park	parking lot	3
9	the baker's opposite	the bakery	4
9	lot	bunch	4
10	shan't	won't	6
11	her lot	her crowd	7
13	sherbet lemon	lemon drop	10
16	motorbike	motorcycle	14
16	dustbin	trashcan	14
19	bobble hats	bonnets	18
19	roundabout	carousel	18
19	cooker	stove	19
20	punch-bag	punching bag	20
20	sellotape	scotch tape	20
21	mummy	mommy	21
21	cine-camera	video camera	22
21	video recorder	VCR	22
22	cinema	movies	22
23	sellotaped	taped	24
23	fringe	bangs	24
23	jumper	sweater	24
23	bobbles	puff balls	24
23	glove puppet	hand puppet	24
24	bins	trash cans	25
24	beetroot	beet	25
24	ice lolly	ice pop	26
29	comprehensive	public school	32
29	letter-box	mail slot	33
29	post	mail	33
30	holidaying	vacationing	34
34	toilet	bathroom	40
35	video	VCR	41
35	motorway	highway	41
35	a sharp turning	a sharp turn	41
36	multi-storey car park	multilevel parking garage	43
37	packet of crisps	bag of chips	44
42	mum	mom	50
42	have a place	have been accepted	51
43	Dear Mr Dumbledore,	Dear Professor Dumbledore, [written in a handwriting font]	52
52	notes	bills	65
52	set books	course books	66
53	hamburger bars	hamburger restaurants	68
54	gummy	toothless	68
61	football	soccer	79
67	next day	the next day	89
68	trolley	cart	90
78	bogey-flavoured	booger-flavored	104
83	trainers	sneakers	110
91	three people left to be sorted. 'Turpin, Lisa' became	three people left to be sorted. "Thomas, Dean," a Black boy even taller than Ron, joined Harry at the Gryffindor table. "Turpin, Lisa" became	122
93	jelly	Jell-O	125
98	queuing	lining up	131
101	Dear Harry, (it said in a very untidy scrawl) I know you get Friday afternoons off,	Dear Harry, I know you get Friday afternoons off, [written in a handwriting font]	135
122	pitch	field	164
124	football	soccer ball	167
124	rounders	baseball	168
127	jacket potato	baked potato	172
135	nobbled	clobbered	184
140	crumpets	English muffins	199
147	Happy Christmas	Merry Christmas	200
147	sweets	candy	201
150	a tea of	a meal of	204
152	disused	unused	207
161	Philospher's Stone	Sorcerer's Stone	219
165	changing room	locker room	225
167	revision timetables	study schedules	228
168	One Hundred	One Thousand	229
175	teddy	the teddy	240
175	dressing gown	bathrobe	240
179	revision	studying	245
179	learns spells off by heart	learn spells by heart	246
181	Prof. M. McGonagall	Professor M. McGonagall [written in a handwriting font]	247
182	lookout	problem	249
193	on about	talking about	265
214	sweet-shop	candy shop	296
214	lavatory seat	toilet seat	296
217	quits	even	300
218	mad	crazy	302
219	barking	off his rocker	302
219	sweet-boxes	candy boxes	303
221	drawn	tied	306
222	came top of the year	had the best grades of the first years	307